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Tucker Carlson claims Trump weighing nuclear strike on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain

For oil, the claim matters less for its specifics than for what it says about the risk around Tuesday’s midterms. Even without the nuclear element, the confirmed reporting points to a real chance of renewed US strikes on Iran soon after the vote, with Israel reportedly pushing for immediate action. That keeps a sizeable geopolitical premium in crude, and helps explain why banks such as Goldman Sachs are building supply disruption allowances into their forecasts (more to come on this). Against that, Trump’s stated preference to let Qatar-mediated talks run and Iran’s two-day reopening plan for

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